Yu Xiaogang's Fated Bond with Poison, Grandmaster Exploded!

[Ding, Yu Xiaogang's defenses have been broken one hundred percent. Reward: all Soul Ring age limits increased by one thousand years.]

The System Voice rang out.

A wondrous energy descended upon Tang Lin.

Her two purple Soul Rings, already dark enough to seem black, instantly turned pure black.

Nine Thousand Years plus one thousand years, successfully breaking through to ten thousand years.

A Soul Grandmaster whose First Soul Ring and Second Soul Ring were both ten-thousand-year rings—

That was unprecedented even in the entire history of Douluo Continent.

At last, after facing the siege of more than a dozen Hundred Year Soul Beasts,

The four of them encountered Ghost Vine, Tang San's Second Soul Ring in the original storyline.

Ghost Vine was a composite creature formed from several thick Black Vines. Each vine was thirty to forty centimeters thick, and they stretched more than six meters long.

Black Magic Patterns coiled across the vines.

Several vines twisted together in midair, forming a face viewed from above.

"Ghost Vine!"

"It's over six hundred years old."

"It suits Xiao San perfectly. This is one of the excellent Soul Beasts I'd considered before!"

The instant he saw Ghost Vine,

Yu Xiaogang's eyes lit up.

"If Xiao San can obtain this Soul Ring, his strength will surely increase greatly."

Before the four could even make a move, as Ghost Vine swung its vines,

Countless Minute Seeds scattered from its body and drifted in every direction.

Those Minute Seeds were difficult to notice.

Yet Tang Lin, with the Blue Silver God's supreme Plant Spirit, sensed them clearly.

At the same time, those seeds did not dare come within half a meter of her.

How could mortal grass dare approach a god!

"Attack!"

Yu Xiaogang roared, and Tang Lin immediately put on the dozen or so thick masks she had prepared.

Luo Sanpao blasted out a fart. Though it did no damage, it blew away a large number of Minute Seeds.

Ghost Vine's vines lashed wildly forward, while the roots beneath it swiftly moved ahead.

Though it was a Plant Spirit Beast, Ghost Vine possessed rapid movement speed, nearly comparable to an Animal Spirit Beast.

A vine whipped down.

"Sanpao, block it!"

Luo Sanpao leaped high into the air and blocked Ghost Vine's strike.

"Smack!"

"Luo!"

Luo Sanpao cried out miserably and fell to the ground. His entire body had been hit by Ghost Vine's Paralysis Toxin, leaving him unable even to crawl.

With a wave of his right hand, Yu Xiaogang swiftly recalled him.

The moment he took a step forward, an intense numbness spread through his body.

His feet stumbled.

Yu Xiaogang fell flat on his face with a smack.

No matter how hard he tried, he could not get up. More accurately, he could not exert any strength at all.

A Martial Soul and its master were one.

After Luo Sanpao was poisoned, the toxin quickly entered Yu Xiaogang's body.

Yu Xiaogang's lips trembled.

"I've been poisoned!"

Tang San immediately rushed to his side in concern.

"Teacher, how are you?"

"Where were you poisoned? I'll detoxify you right away and drain the poisoned blood!"

A Short Sword swiftly appeared in his hand. Last time, Luo Sanpao's right front paw had been bitten, causing Yu Xiaogang's right arm to be poisoned.

Tang San had used that very Short Sword to remove the poison from him.

The toxin's effects grew stronger and stronger.

Yu Xiaogang struggled to force out two words.

"All..."

"All over!"

Tang San froze.

There was nowhere to use the blade. He could not possibly cut open his Teacher from head to toe and drain all his blood.

That would cure the poison, but his Teacher probably would not survive it.

For some reason, on both outings, his Teacher had been poisoned—and both times, it happened when he told Luo Sanpao to block an attack.

He really did have quite the fated bond with poison.

"Dean, we need to kill Ghost Vine immediately. Otherwise, Ghost Vine's poison will turn Teacher into pus and make him its fertilizer."

"The poison in Teacher's body is connected to Ghost Vine. Once Ghost Vine is dealt with, the poison in Teacher's body will disappear as well."

Tang San shouted at Sig, then once again hurled Blue Silver Bind toward Ghost Vine without hesitation.

No matter what, he had to contribute.

Tang Lin pretended to be frightened and quickly hid in the back. Whether she acted or not would not change Ghost Vine's fate.

In the original storyline, Nuoding Academy Dean Sig was the one who killed Ghost Vine.

Blue Silver Vines swiftly wrapped around Ghost Vine's body, restraining it.

"It hit!"

Joy instantly appeared on Tang San's face.

Ghost Vine paid no attention to Tang San's Blue Silver Bind and continued advancing at the same speed.

"How can it still move?!"

Tang San cried out as he dragged Yu Xiaogang's body backward to Ye Lin's side.

It moved using the roots planted in the soil, not its vines.

"Dean Sig, it's up to you now. My Blue Silver Vines have bound its vines, so it no longer has any ability to attack."

The moment Tang San finished speaking, Ghost Vine lashed out with a vine, effortlessly breaking free of the Blue Silver Vines binding it and striking straight at Sig.

The slap in the face came so quickly that Tang San looked a little embarrassed.

Sig hurriedly raised the Turtle Shell Shield in front of himself.

"Smack!"

A vine whipped down.

He did not budge. His First Soul Ring flashed, and a dense layer of gray turtle shell appeared all over his body.

Sig grabbed Ghost Vine's lashing vine with his left hand and yanked hard, dragging Ghost Vine's entire body over.

After activating his First Soul Ring, his defensive ability allowed him to easily withstand the poison inflicted by the thorns on Ghost Vine's body.

After all, he was a Soul Ancestor.

"Bang!"

Ghost Vine was smashed heavily into the ground. The vine Sig had pulled was forcibly shattered by the Mystic Turtle Shield.

Ghost Vine's other vines thrashed madly. Its body had been torn apart, and the pain was intense.

At last,

The seeds parasitizing Sig had absorbed enough nutrients and transformed into dense, slender vines that wrapped around him.

Sig's Third Soul Ring flashed again. The Mystic Turtle Shield transformed into fifteen turtle-shell plates that spun around his body, swiftly cutting apart the slender vines.

Ghost Vine's most powerful skill was Parasite, but against Sig, who countered it completely, its ability was useless.

Sig continued attacking, smashing Ghost Vine's body apart bit by bit until he finally subdued it.

"Tang San, come over and deliver the final blow."

"Coming!"

Tang San glanced at Yu Xiaogang, who lay on the ground with his entire body purple, and handed him over to Tang Lin.

"Big Sister, please take care of Teacher for a moment."

He then quickly stepped forward and used the Short Sword to finish off Ghost Vine.

A Yellow Soul Ring slowly rose, announcing Ghost Vine's death.

With Ghost Vine dead, the poison affecting Yu Xiaogang finally ceased to work.

But his purple body did not immediately return to normal. Instead, it began swelling.

He looked exactly like Luo Sanpao when preparing to release a Soul Skill.

"Something is wrong."

"He isn't going to explode, is he?"

Tang Lin muttered.

She quickly retreated five or six meters and hid behind a tree.

Only then did she use her Martial Soul. Blue Silver God Vine swiftly extended forward and carefully poked Yu Xiaogang.

"Boom!"

A Loud Explosion Sound rang out.

Tang Lin let out a sharp scream.

"Ah!"

"Grandmaster exploded!"